@KristinaG86I'm on my second cycle of the 131 method and I can only share my experience. Over all I have lost 91 pounds but it wasn't only from the 131 method. It was a collaboration of things that have got me to this point in time on my health and fitness journey. I joined Weight Watchers in 2013 and it truly helped me get started, but I had hit a plateau. So, in January 2017 I joined Beachbody on demand to help with my fitness. Beachbody also offered different meal plans with each workout program. I incorporated those meal plans with weight watchers. I noticed that i kept loosing and gaining the same 15 pounds all year. When Chalene came out with the 131 method late last year I signed up. I follow her on social media and listen to her podcast and from what I heard I trusted her. I trusted that she had developed a program that will help me establish a healthier relationship with food and help me understand my body more. I didn't start the program until January 2018 because lets face it I still had the dieters mentality.
The program consist of diet phasing, it provides tons of information and it also encouraged me to do my own research on what and why I was doing certain things in each phase. Its not a cookie cutter program where everyone eats the same way nor does it completely restrict me from never eating anything at all. Each phase is 4 weeks long and an option to fast on the 4th week, but its not required. There are lessons on why I would want to fast or why maybe fasting may not not be for me and either way is perfectly ok. So according the dictionary.com DNA is defined as the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable. I feel this program has helped me tailor my way of eating to my unique DNA and it help me understand what foods my body does and doesn't agree with. It has also helped me be a more intuitive eater. I have NEVER been able to do that. Its true you do track food in the first phase but there is a reason for that, and since I was in Weight Watchers for 4 years that part was easy for me. This program has helped me developed a healthier relationship with food. It has empowered me in more ways than I explain. Was it a challenge, yes. Do I think its for everyone, no. Since January 2018 I have lost 21 pounds, but that wasn't honestly my first goal for me to join this program. The price to have access to this program is $149 for 12 months and to me its worth every penny. I use to pay $40 a month at weight watchers which comes out to $480 a year. Do I feel I wasted my money on WW, not at all because WW is what helped me get started. To me. 131 has been a life changer and I am grateful for this program. I hope this post helps.
